You'll enjoy browsing our site with over 6,200 products listed with more being added almost every day!
I'm Phil Rogers, Owner and President of Doghouse Repair.
I grew up in South San Francisco, California, on VWs like a lot of my generation did. A bug was my first car and I ignored the oil pressure light. Oops, now it's time to rebuild that engine. "Hey auto shop teacher, little help here?"
The next thing I know, neighbors and friends are asking me to "just take a look, maybe you can fix it for me." Well, 35 years later, I'm still at it and I find myself in a small town where the only VW shop is closing up. "Parts, we need parts and someone to put 'em on" was what people said. I started stocking parts and building VW engines. One job led to the next and our parts inventory grew and became more diverse.
Our next step was to follow the customer base to the Dumont Dunes in California. Although just an hour from our shop, many found the drive too much and would just head home if their buggy broke. We thought that's just not right. We were encouraged to go to Dumont to sell parts on site. Our first trip to Dumont was New Years weekend, 1998. With a lot of help from some very good friends and customers, our first trailer was built and loaded with new parts. In 2001 we added a 24' parts and pull truck to complete a "Store on Wheels"
We grew again in 2004 with a new Store on Wheels package: The Dodge Ram shown below to pull the Pace American 48' trailer (shown here) full of new parts. Now it's 2008 and our Store on Wheels has grown again to the Freightliner FLD112 shown here, so we can carry even more. We plan to provide you with almost anything you need if you break down in a sandrail.
People from all over go to Dumont Dunes and they came up with the idea that we should also sell our parts on the internet. After much encouraging and support, we went online. We've been online over 5 years now. Even though Doghouse is 13 years old and has grown considerably, we're still dedicated to our first thought: Give a new source for the VW enthusiast. When you buy from us, you can have confidence that we'll send you the right part. We check our site and e-mails throughout the day, so that we can respond right away. We administrate our own website, which enables us to make on the spot changes to inventory, pictures and/or information for you. Even though there's over 6,200 products on our site, you may find that we don't have what you want. We encourage you to e-mail Bert and ask us to add it for you.
Give us a chance, as thousands have, you'll be glad you did. It's almost too easy.
See our Engines Only website www.doghouseengines.com
